2022年10月14日 · A new generation of supersonic airliners is set to transform the aviation sector. Plane manufacturers Boom are aiming to build aircraft that are carbon neutral. Sustainable aviation fuels will power the supersonic jets through the sound barrier. Scaling up production of sustainable jet fuel will be key to decarbonizing air travel.

2018年2月15日 · Lockheed Martin is also involved in a project with Aerion and GE Aviation to develop what it calls the world’s first supersonic business jet, the Aerion AS2. The plane is light and immensely strong thanks to its carbon fibre construction, similar …

2016年12月19日 · More than a decade after British Airways and Air France retired their Concorde fleets following a series of incidents, including a crash that killed 113 people, US aviation start-up Boom Technologies has unveiled a scale prototype of a new supersonic passenger jet.

2023年10月19日 · However, initial jet aircraft were approximately three times as energy intensive as the technologically-mature, piston-engine airliners of the time (on a per-seat-kilometre basis). Research and development and improvement of aircraft and engine technology increased the energy efficiency of jet aircraft over the ensuing 30-year period to meet ...

2024年6月11日 · The Global Gender Gap Index 2024 benchmarks the current state and evolution of gender parity across four key dimensions (Economic Participation and Opportunity, Educational Attainment, Health and Survival, and Political Empowerment). It is the longest-standing index tracking the progress of numerous countries’ efforts towards closing these gaps over time since its …

2023年11月29日 · Obstacles include the high costs associated with new technologies and production methods, the European Parliament says. “There’s no sustainable aviation fuel that is cost competitive yet with traditional jet fuel,” United …

2022年10月28日 · Mars is a much more kind of familiar place to us because it's a planet with an atmosphere. But landing on that surface is just really tough. You need something called supersonic retro propulsion, which is something that Elon Musk and SpaceX have worked on. Again, you're going to heat up that craft coming in and you have to slow it down really ...

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2023年1月12日 · “The energy crisis has brought energy security to the forefront of political and corporate agendas and prompted the need to develop responses that are adapted to how the energy system has evolved and to where it needs to transition,” said Roberto Bocca, Head of Shaping the Future of Energy, Materials and Infrastructure, World Economic Forum.

2020年1月10日 · There are an estimated 272 million international migrants – 3.5% of the world’s population. While most people leave their home countries for work, millions have been driven away due to conflict, violence and climate change.